After his longtime home was damaged in Hurricane Irma, a local artist/collector made the "impractical" choice to patchwork ...

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Shipping containers have become quite popular lately seeing how they can be repurposed into all sorts of cool housing projects. Check out the full projects below instead of the video.

Many people dream of downsizing into a tiny house or off-grid cabin to reduce their expenses and simplify their lives. But the process of making that dream a reality can be both tricky and expensive, ...

It often happens to see tiny homes on wheels that look just like normal houses. But it is not so often that these homes are made of shipping containers and put on a trailer. It might be easier to have ...

FERNDALE, Michigan – Its two-story, modern design stands out in the older neighborhood of many ranches and bungalows. Inside the front door, a floating staircase tailored from wood and steel leads up ...

Building a home from a shipping container is much like a large-scale Lego project. You can have an entire room delivered in one giant rectangular piece. Or, you can stack the containers together to ...

House in a Box is a family-owned company in Cincinnati turning shipping containers into dwelling spaces like homes, cabins, and offices. House in a Box is a family-owned company in Cincinnati turning ...

In this economy, downsizing makes sense for a lot of reasons besides environmental concerns. That’s not to say, though, that the rich can’t put a very artsy spin on downsizing – and this is exactly ...

The modern marvel at 19140 Glades Place in the exclusive M25 section of Mountainside at Northstar was built using a series of shipping containers that were combined on-site. A one-of-a-kind ski-in/ski ...

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness, two weeks ago, announced that his Administration endorsed container homes or modular houses to provide cost-effective and safe housing options for victims of Melissa.